A legendary Hero

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  1. DoubleDutch

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    Former Olympic Champion Maarten van der Weijden is trying to swim the 200K track of the famous Elfstedentocht (skatingtrack) to raise funds for cancerresearch.

    Last year he "failed" at 163K.

    Before Maarten became Olympic champion he suffered leukemia himself.

    He is a true hero. Goooo Maarten



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    DoubleDutch, Jun 22, 2019
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    At 66K !!! 134K to go.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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    A proper hero there. Plus, he's probably seen more of the aquatic environment than I could ever dream of!
     
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    Think he has hahaha.

    My sister went to Friesland to support him.



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    His also heroic Olympic race in Beijing



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    Hero Maarten reaching Hindeloopen

    Go Maarten gooooooo ![​IMG]

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    Floating dinnertime. Red cabbage and a meatball[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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    DoubleDutch, Jun 22, 2019
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    Yew... that is amazing!!

    Its just awesome to see people with terminal diseases or with disabilities have the determination to achieve their goals
    Make us very humble
     
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    Agree 1000000%

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    DoubleDutch

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    Still swinming € 1.400.000,-- raisrd untill now. A real Dutch Giant

    The greatest weather btw. On his way.to Dokkum.

    Check the livestream.



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    He just finished raising more than € 3.910.000,--. What a great guy !

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    DoubleDutch, Jun 24, 2019
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    He raised € 6.100.000,-- in totall.

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    DoubleDutch, Jun 28, 2019
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